The tribes around the Nazca area used organic LSD type drugs during rituals, after taking the drugs they would start to trip and part of the halluciniation was that they felt they were flying so one hypothesis is that these drawings were made to be visible from the air to aid in these rituals. Erich von Daniken would disagree though.

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The tribes around the Nazca area used organic LSD type drugs during rituals, after taking the drugs they would start to trip and part of the halluciniation was that they felt they were flying so one hypothesis is that these drawings were made to be visible from the air to aid in these rituals. Erich von Daniken would disagree though.

von Daniken once made a claim I believe that you could prove that aliens visited past cultures because there were pictures of skeletons in cave drawings. How was this possible, he reasoned, without the use of an X-Ray machine?

Errrr....

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The tribes around the Nazca area used organic LSD type drugs during rituals, after taking the drugs they would start to trip and part of the halluciniation was that they felt they were flying so one hypothesis is that these drawings were made to be visible from the air to aid in these rituals. Erich von Daniken would disagree though.

von Daniken once made a claim I believe that you could prove that aliens visited past cultures because there were pictures of skeletons in cave drawings. How was this possible, he reasoned, without the use of an X-Ray machine?

Errrr....

Wait till bodies decomposed?

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The tribes around the Nazca area used organic LSD type drugs during rituals, after taking the drugs they would start to trip and part of the halluciniation was that they felt they were flying so one hypothesis is that these drawings were made to be visible from the air to aid in these rituals. Erich von Daniken would disagree though.

von Daniken once made a claim I believe that you could prove that aliens visited past cultures because there were pictures of skeletons in cave drawings. How was this possible, he reasoned, without the use of an X-Ray machine?

Errrr....

Wait till bodies decomposed?

Yeah. That was what the "errrrr.." was for

That and I'm pretty sure there were plenty of wars in those days. The human body would have been one of the topics they will have had a degree of knowledge on.

Here is a mystery for you all - The Dyatlov Pass Incident. The case remains unsolved. The best the Russians can do is say that the deaths were the result of an "Unknown force".

Eddie: "Weve been burgaled" Richie: You may have been, but I have never in my life. As a christian I am so tightly clenched, oh you mean burgaled - - - There were originally five horsemen of the apocalypse. Jack Bauer said he would travel by foot

Is that the African tribe? We're now getting itno Graham Hancock/Robert Bauval territory, they don't go for the Von Daniken/alian stuff but more for civilisations predating Egypt etc and these civilisations passing on information to Aztecz, Egyptians, Inca ets and conncections can be seen between each civilisation and they were also inn tune with astronomy. Interesting but more than likely coincedence and selective interpretation.

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Eddie: "Weve been burgaled" Richie: You may have been, but I have never in my life. As a christian I am so tightly clenched, oh you mean burgaled - - - There were originally five horsemen of the apocalypse. Jack Bauer said he would travel by foot

ORIGINAL: Woger Is that the African tribe? We're now getting itno Graham Hancock/Robert Bauval territory, they don't go for the Von Daniken/alian stuff but more for civilisations predating Egypt etc and these civilisations passing on information to Aztecz, Egyptians, Inca ets and conncections can be seen between each civilisation and they were also inn tune with astronomy. Interesting but more than likely coincedence and selective interpretation.

Yep. You would LOVE my library! It's full of books like these................

Wil would be horrified.............

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Has tin foil hat issues ( thanks Woger...love it )

Felix: "Poor guy. They must be like space hoppers by now."

lympo : I have no idea how the idea came about! one moment I was eating turkey, the next i was on all fours

ORIGINAL: Woger Is that the African tribe? We're now getting itno Graham Hancock/Robert Bauval territory, they don't go for the Von Daniken/alian stuff but more for civilisations predating Egypt etc and these civilisations passing on information to Aztecz, Egyptians, Inca ets and conncections can be seen between each civilisation and they were also inn tune with astronomy. Interesting but more than likely coincedence and selective interpretation.

Yep. You would LOVE my library! It's full of books like these................

Here is a mystery for you all - The Dyatlov Pass Incident. The case remains unsolved. The best the Russians can do is say that the deaths were the result of an "Unknown force".

Well, it doesn't seem like that much of a mystery to me. It sounds like there is a mystery being forced upon the story though!

Could a bear be an explanation for this?

Well I think there are enough things about the case that merit a second look. I for one wouldn't say there was a supernatual element to it - you may be surpirsed but I am similar to yourself. Just like reading these mysteries because I doubt an explanation will come forward.

I think the "aliens helped build ancient civillisations" is pure bunk, I can't hate it too much- it was those books that inspired Battlestar Galatica. So some good DID come out of it all.

On the downside we also got AvP, but you can't win all of them.

I think as long as you have a healthy skepticism for these things it can be fun - but I would like to think we haven't discovered everything in nature yet. Indeed we are finding creatures living in depths and tempertures once thought to be impossible.

Here is an archaeological one for you Wilbert. You may have heard of it

Eddie: "Weve been burgaled" Richie: You may have been, but I have never in my life. As a christian I am so tightly clenched, oh you mean burgaled - - - There were originally five horsemen of the apocalypse. Jack Bauer said he would travel by foot

There have been a couple of great documentaries on Discovery about this!

The guy is sinking more and more money into the project. I think it's become less about the treasure and more about the fact he is consumed by the hunt and being correct about the money being there all along..................

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" At least he was asleep when I hit him with the shovel......." Moses Lawn. RIP

Has tin foil hat issues ( thanks Woger...love it )

Felix: "Poor guy. They must be like space hoppers by now."

lympo : I have no idea how the idea came about! one moment I was eating turkey, the next i was on all fours

There have been a couple of great documentaries on Discovery about this!

The guy is sinking more and more money into the project. I think it's become less about the treasure and more about the fact he is consumed by the hunt and being correct about the money being there all along..................

I have seen one or two of those. The amount of money being spent on digging a rather large hole when it is likely whatever was contained in it was washed out to sea a long time ago will mean a big dash of dissappointment for the guy.

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As an enthusiast of cryptozoology, I was excited this morning to try the Monster Biscuit, a breakfast sandwich from 7-Eleven. But what kind of monster? I wondered. Griffin? Chupacabra? Too impatient to wait until I got to my office, I scanned the ingredient list for what monster (or monsters!) I'd be eating.

I wasn't familiar with any monsters on the list: propyl gallate, apocarotenal, erythorbate (which is probably a man-eating earthworm, don't you think?). There was an ingredient called "bha," which might be a dragon-snake or something from India, but mostly Monster Biscuit was made out of stuff like cottonseed oil, corn-syrup solids, artificial flavors, and pork.

Undeterred, I tried Monster Biscuit when I got to work. I'm no expert, but I'd say that Monster Biscuit has the mellow gaminess of yeti and the mouthfeel of Tennessee wampus cat, with more than a hint of skunk ape in its bouquet.

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I haven`t read this whole thread yet so apologies if this link has been mentioned but this is a link to some interesting info on Big Cats in the UK. There have been sightings of one near where I live in South Mimms just off the M25 Junction 24. It wouldn`t surprise me if there are big cats that have escaped from private collections before they were banned in the 70`s by law or from zoos/safari parks that have mated.

Can't watch it at work, what did he say? I think I saw in another interview where he said that he is open to their existence. On an Irish radio station they do a segemnt which looks (ie mocks) at regional newspapers and there was a story about someone in Kerry who saw a black beast. It had the head of a dog with the legs of a dog

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Eddie: "Weve been burgaled" Richie: You may have been, but I have never in my life. As a christian I am so tightly clenched, oh you mean burgaled - - - There were originally five horsemen of the apocalypse. Jack Bauer said he would travel by foot

"I put no stock in religion. By the word 'religion', I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called 'The Will of God'. Holiness is in right action and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves."